Unified Communication and Exchange Servers

Microsoft Exchange can refer to either of the following; it can be either an Exchange Server or an Exchange Client. Microsoft Exchange Servers are the server side of a client-server workgroup support system that was developed by Microsoft, which is why it is called as Microsoft Exchange Servers. While the Exchange Clients are the programs use by the end-user or client side.

An example of one of these Microsoft Exchange is Windows Messaging, which was incorporated in Windows 95 as an e-mail client. Back then, the use of this Microsoft Windows Messaging is very popular since it is the only available e-mail client that is bundled in it. Later, in the release of Windows 98 another Microsoft Exchange comes along with it, and that is Outlook Express. And hence Outlook Express became the successor of Microsoft Exchange Client. Another example of Microsoft Exchange is Microsoft Fax, which is also called as Microsoft at Work Fax (AWF).

Both Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Fax share the same file type, which is the .pst file. This is the first attempt of Microsoft on unified messaging, bringing the start of Unified Communications in their operating system.

Unified Communication automates and link all type of human and device communication in one common platform. It is to optimize the processing of businesses and improve human communication, thus reducing the delay of data flow, and reducing device and media dependencies. Unified communication enables an end-user to send a message from one source and receive the message in another. Take into example a voice message, one can gain access to it by means of an e-mail or by a cell phone, having a single source but can be accessed by multiple means or devices.

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Unified Communication or messaging combines voice and e-mail messaging into one messaging infrastructure. It puts all the voice and e-mail messaging in one mailbox that can be accessed from many types of devices. Hence the use of Exchange Server Unified Messaging or communication enables the user to access their messages using a computer, a cell phone, or a telephone. Some offices nowadays still use their e-mail messages separately from their voice messages, having different inboxes hosted by different servers. Unified communication by the Exchange Server stores all messages like voice messages and e-mail into one, thus providing much better data traffic flow throughout the entire system.